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88. Going Topic-Less
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My Feared End.
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Hosts: Christina Bell & Molly Wilde
Music: The Confrontation, by Jonathan Boyle, licensed from Premium Beats by Shutterstock
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Podcast Introduction & Agenda
00:00:22
Speaker
Hey, what up? Oh, what isn't up? How do people doing? How do people do? How they do? How do they do?
00:00:34
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Welcome back to SoulPod, the podcast where we talk about literally whatever the fuck we want because it's our podcast. um
00:00:47
Speaker
I don't even have like, yeah, we don't have like a topic today. Yeah, I was thinking. We did not even like ask each other. we were just like recording tonight. Okay. Yeah, exactly.
00:00:59
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We just have both got a lot on our plates. And yeah unfortunately, the podcast is maybe not as high up on the priority list as it should be.
00:01:10
Speaker
I don't know. mean, it's on my priority list. It's but on it, but I'm just saying it's maybe not yeah as high as it should be.
Jim's Street Lamp Story
00:01:18
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Yeah. I'm taking a quick photo of my setup. and I also am going to take a photo of this lamp.
00:01:30
Speaker
Hold on. Take it the normal distance and closer up so you can see the detail. You're going fucking love it. It's so pretty. Did you just get it? i guess. ah Jim found it on the side of the road. Awesome.
00:01:48
Speaker
Like he finds everything. Awesome. You're getting three photos into your... Okay, don't do that. um It is the the one who listens in my phone. I can't say her name because she'll try to respond to it.
00:02:08
Speaker
Let's me see. Okay, so why did you take a picture of the setup? Just so that you could see what I'm working with. Okay. yeah And then the lamp.
00:02:19
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It looks like a rectangle. oh I see. It's got trees on it. Yeah, it's forest. Yeah. He literally found that like up the street. A million percent fits your decor.
00:02:33
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know! Especially there's this little like pine, fake pine branch plant peeking out from behind it. That you already had.
00:02:45
Speaker
Yeah, that I've had for like five years. Cool. Such a cool little lamp. Yeah, and it's a good that's a good spot for it. Yeah, so... I mean, if you wanted to read a book, maybe, that...
00:03:00
Speaker
It's not bright enough for that. It looks really bright in that first photo, but the like brightness that you can see in the second photo where I zoomed in is about what it actually looks like.
00:03:14
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Because from from my distance here, you can actually see the pattern like the design on it. um Yeah, so it's not bright enough for ah reading, but i don't know if you can see.
00:03:30
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No. I'm in the way.
00:03:34
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can't really see from this direction either, I don't think. But the armchair is back there. No, I can't really see it. Well, that is where it is now. Okay.
00:03:46
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And we could probably sit and read it in the armchair with that lamp up in the corner. I gotcha. But it's also not, like, the brightest, so...
00:04:01
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Anyway, all these things that none of our listeners can see, but...
Heartburn & Listener Preferences
00:04:09
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So, yeah, I've been dealing with this heartburn, right? And, like... Yes. I think, like, okay, I had heartburn, like, all day Sunday, too. ah It's very weird. I don't know if it's hormonal-related shit or if it's that I'm draining a lot of mucus into my stomach. Mm-hmm.
00:04:28
Speaker
but it's one of those also can contribute can't it yeah mean i guess probably yeah i mean like stress contributes to fucking everything sure do yep um so i was thinking i i was like we should just pose this question to the listeners like do Do y'all like it when we don't have a topic and we just bullshit and ramble? Or do you like it when we focus on a specific topic?
00:04:58
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ah And if you do like that, we, you know, like us to do topics, we we would like some suggestions. <unk> that Tell us what you want to hear us talking about.
00:05:12
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Soul Pod the podcast. Tell us what you want. we aim to please.
00:05:21
Speaker
Please order us around. Oh my god. um yeah no, we really do want to, you know, take like topic suggestions or i mean, like I was going to say, like, hopefully whatever people suggest would be something that like we have like understanding of you know yeah um but at the same time i'm not opposed to doing some research if i gotta right and then you don't have to like do every subject that's suggested yeah it's true it's true but still um but yeah like let us know but in the meantime and in between time
00:06:05
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we're gonna do what
Personal Struggles & Communication
00:06:07
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we feel like doing. And that includes just fucking talking. Because, like, I mean, you made this point, Christina, to me ah not long ago.
00:06:18
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The other day. The other night. Was it last night? I don't know. You were like, you haven't talked to me for like a week. What's going on? Yeah. You barely said two fucking words to me, man.
00:06:30
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oh It's called having... all the stress yeah um i get it i get it yeah it's uh it's just and i'm just so not good at talking about things like i'm i'm not going to talk about my life when it's not going well or when it's not going the way that i wish it was okay that was wild yeah i don't like that we don't like those audio anomalies
00:07:03
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Yeah, I will hopefully be able to cut that all the way out. um What the fuck was I saying before your robot voice? yeah Talking about life, you know, not being great. And I said, yeah. And also, like, when you're just generally not happy, it doesn't even have to be that life isn't going great. It's just, you know, general unhappiness with things.
00:07:26
Speaker
yeah because like i don't if in those cases in these in these kinds of times i feel like all that i ever do is complain ah and i and i get sick of it on my own behalf and on everybody else's behalf nobody needs to tell me they're sick of it because i feel sick of it on their behalf and i don't want to talk about it i don't want to talk about anything you know i like i was telling jim the other night like this is why i don't Respond to people when I'm not doing well. Is because like.
00:07:58
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I can't. I'm incapable. Like in that neurodivergent way. I'm incapable of saying. ah Things are fine. When everybody when and and and anyone just like. Reaches out like how you doing?
00:08:11
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Like I'm incapable of that. And so like. I would rather say nothing. Yeah. Than try to fucking lie. And also.
00:08:21
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then Rather than try to. say how things are actually going right you know so like i yeah i love a couple of different responses that when people ask me how i am i'll say like meh i'll be like that or like hanging in there like hanging in there and then one person yeah um one person I work with will always say live in the dream. And then I heard this one. I love that. I think this is so fucking funny.
00:08:56
Speaker
Like if you add on to that and say live in the dream, one nightmare at a time. i like that a lot. that one i laugh I love it.
00:09:09
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Yeah. ah I, I read it. It was a joke for sure, but at it was like, One of those jokes that's based in reality where somebody says something like when white people say they're living the dream, it that's code word for they wish they were dead.
00:09:31
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Basically.
00:09:34
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oh yeah goodness. But like, yeah, and it's just in particular to I mean, like when I'm when I have to when I can't avoid saying you know responding to people such as like in person like at the office or some shit like and everyone's like how are you doing and we're just like i'm fine you know or or you know just being like i'm here yeah um yeah that's why i just like hanging in there just hanging in there yeah that's what i say to people a lot of the ones in rotation too yeah but like
00:10:12
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Yeah, I just otherwise I just can't. I don't like i hate it. And and two and as well, ah like when things are like half baked in my life.
00:10:28
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when I'm like halfway, you know, trying to figure something out and like, it's not a for sure thing yet. Like, that's another point at which I'm like, I don't want to talk about this.
00:10:39
Speaker
So that's, you know, that's basically been the state of my life for the last like four months, you know, in one way or another. and so I'm just like, i don't want to talk. Yeah. Everybody leave me alone. Um,
00:10:56
Speaker
god um and And yet I have a podcast. So here we go. Right. Yet we have to talk. um We don't have to. We don't have to be doing this. That's the other thing. Like, we're doing this ah for, i mean, like, I'm not gonna say for the listeners, because like, where it's very much not that we feel beholden to people but like this is for ourselves yeah i mean more than anything else we we committed to doing it so we're doing we're trying to you know we're we're trying to do it it's plain and simple and sometimes it ain't easy but uh it's still fun in my opinion absolutely yeah it's fun even when it's not fun yeah
00:11:48
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Because at least we get to chit chat and blow off steam with each other sometimes and just shit like that. um Yeah.
College Graduation Memories
00:11:56
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But I was going to say, do you know why today is significant?
00:12:01
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ah Well, I do know that it was 10 years ago that i graduated college. That's right. Oh, that's the way. That's right. Yeah.
00:12:13
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I had memories popping up in my my Google photos showing me pictures of your graduation and stuff. But actually, I remembered it before I saw those. um Because i ah you know, not to be a bummer or anything, but like the anniversary of my dad's death was yesterday.
00:12:33
Speaker
and like 39 years. can you believe that it wow Yeah. So I remember when i was in Boston for your graduation, i brought it up when I was there.
00:12:48
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Like I mentioned it cause it was like the anniversary then. And that was 29 years. But, um i I, was like, okay, well, you know, yesterday on the day I thought about my dad and then I, then I thought about what was going on at that time, you know, 10 years ago, like not that Not that 10 years would automatically pop up in my head, but sometimes when i when I think about my dad's death anniversary, I remember the conversation that i had with you and your mom, your adoptive mom, about it. And so that popped into my head and I was like, oh my God, that and it was like fucking 10 years ago. Holy shit.
00:13:32
Speaker
Dude, right? Yeah. um my And that was my very first visit to Boston. So it's been 10 years since my first trip out there. Oh my god. And I remember there was a photo that I took with your phone, I think, on the train when I was going with you to the airport.
00:13:51
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And it was like, it's to this day, my favorite photo I've ever taken of myself. And I don't remember. i wonder if I have it. i think I was a little bit high.
00:14:02
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Oh, really? i don't know. Like, I felt like I was. And this was, you know, this was actually before it was legal in Massachusetts.
00:14:14
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But, oh yeah, I do have it. I must have sent it to myself from your phone or asked you to send it to me. But it's like, it was just a day. It was, I mean, it was such a fucking magical weekend. It was such a magical weekend and I was so happy.
00:14:30
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And it just was a photo that depicted my happiness and goofiness so perfectly. You're sending it to me? Okay. I already did. That one.
00:14:41
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Why is that your favorite? Because but what I just said like, I was so happy that weekend. And it depicts how happy I was.
00:14:53
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And i look pretty stoned. Yeah, you were you're definitely being funny. But, you know, um the one. That I ran across that I was just like, oh my god, Becky. What? It's the best picture ever.
00:15:10
Speaker
Oh my god, what? I love this one of you, like, so much. Oh, with my professor! Yeah! Gorgeous! Hell yeah. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous picture. I love it so much.
00:15:27
Speaker
I love It is beautiful! Oh!
00:15:32
Speaker
Wow. Yeah. That was like right after commencements and we were hanging out and socializing with people that you knew you' were introducing people to me and your adopted mama and grandma. Yeah. Yeah.
00:15:47
Speaker
and yeah What do you call her, granny? from the professors granny Granny! Yeah, we were like, i was like introducing my friends to you guys and my professors to you guys.
00:15:59
Speaker
And I think after that we went to Shake Shack, didn't we? We went to some shack. Some kind of food place. like Shake Shack on Newberry Street. I'm pretty sure. Because I remember like I snapped a picture.
00:16:18
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yeah you did. I remember. so I was eating a Borgor. There's a Shake Shack opening really close to the house.
00:16:29
Speaker
Yeah, there's a Shake Shack opening up at that like outdoor mall that we went to at Thanksgiving when you were here. Two Thanksgivings ago.
00:16:41
Speaker
I look so creepy in this photo. You did not know I was taking that. I just did it. know. i did a candid shot because I kind of wanted like everyone in the picture and your mom was back there and um your stepdad. and Yeah, my boyfriend at the time.
00:16:58
Speaker
But I looked so creepy. You tend to do that. Yeah. I'm a creepo beepo. You tend to do that sometimes. Stephanie was sitting behind the X. That's her head.
00:17:11
Speaker
over his flush over his shoulder oh or was that your sister no that's your sister that was my sister i think stephanie was sitting next to you yeah yeah yeah never mind i just saw blonde hair and i'm like that's stephanie no that was my sister that's your sister but i'm about to send you the photo of my ex holding all of my stuff while we walk through the city and wearing my sunglasses yeah i have that one my purse my degree program that's his own sweatshirt over his shoulder but right yeah this one yeah i love the one i love the picture that i made of this one where i had oh next to andy's yes
00:18:00
Speaker
It's Yeah, because he looks just like did you ever show him that picture
Ex-Partner's Style & Humor
00:18:04
Speaker
that I did? I must have. I have to. collage. I'm almost positive. Yes.
00:18:11
Speaker
Oh my god. It was very accurate. I say this because of the sunglasses and the beard and maybe the funny look on the face maybe but like yeah it just reminded me was definitely glad uh he not long after that he started growing a full beard because he looked a lot better ah with that but unfortunately he's gone back to his old ways last i saw him so he's got the goatee thing again
00:18:44
Speaker
Yeah. but I'm just kidding. I don't care. i don't have an opinion about It it just doesn't do him any favors, but whatever.
00:18:57
Speaker
Yeah. Sometimes facial hair on men just doesn't look good anyways. Like, I wonder what he looks like without any... not Not good.
00:19:09
Speaker
Okay. I'll tell you right now. I love your honesty. Yeah. No. oh Funny. Yeah. That was such a good weekend. It was awesome.
00:19:23
Speaker
I was so proud of you. i still am.
00:19:30
Speaker
Oh, man. It was crazy. It was just such a crazy... I don't know. It was such a good weekend. It was such a. The whole experience. Of going to college. And going to college. For music production and engineering.
00:19:48
Speaker
It was fucking crazy. Yeah. I did that. I did it. It's real. You did it and you kicked ass. And took names. Yeah.
00:20:00
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Yeah.
00:20:03
Speaker
Yeah. yeah i am proud of myself i always have been it's good that was that was one of the like wildest rides where like i just sort of you ever have experiences in life where you're like gripping your arm rests and you're just like the the whole time sometimes yeah yeah you're like i have no idea what's gonna happen but i'm along for the ride like that that's basically what i was doing the whole time i was like oh i got into berkeley oh what the hell oh god oh dear i guess i gotta go then i went and i and i didn't fail out and then i got into the fucking program like
00:20:57
Speaker
Dude, yes. oh And then I finished in three years. e It really helped to have a lot of ah credit hours transfer over from BYU.
00:21:12
Speaker
it like It was surprising, I guess, how many credit hours actually did transfer because ah had been at BYU for two years, which I don't remember how many credit hours I completed.
00:21:26
Speaker
But 18 credit hours transferred over to Berkeley and they don't, they're very stingy about what they'll accept. And that's a lot.
00:21:37
Speaker
who So it really put me on the right track. Like that, in addition to work, you know, doing all the summer semesters every year was the reason that I was able to complete my degree in three years.
00:21:51
Speaker
years yeah instead of technically I really completed my degree in two years um because I did two whole semesters not in the program like before I actually started um but yeah like I got over to Berkeley and there were very very few classes that I had to take that weren't music related I took a psychology class in one of my last semesters i think it was like my second to last semester and I had to take like a southern writing class uh which I guess was just like southern authors I really don't it was just it was it was interesting I was put in that class I didn't choose it I was put into it and I actually liked it because i have you know my family's from the south and so like I have like cultural like familial ties yeah um but like
00:22:50
Speaker
Then i ended up, I think also in my second to last semester, taking a Southern culture class from the same professor because it fulfilled like, you know, degree required or like credit requirements that were not music related. Those three classes, as far as I can recall, were the only three classes I took that were non-music related.
00:23:15
Speaker
that's cool And it was like in my first semester and my second to last semester and no other times.
00:23:24
Speaker
It was great. I loved it. I did so well because it was music. it ah Great. I love it. Yeah. um I miss it sometimes. Life was simpler then. Sure the fuck was.
00:23:40
Speaker
little Yeah. oh Oh, But yeah, that was a very good weekend and I was very just blissed out. he it was good. i remember because it was like you and me and Stephanie were all staying in my apartment, my tiny little studio yeah in Brighton, Massachusetts.
00:24:06
Speaker
Brighton, Alston, but Brighton, the Brighton side of Brighton, Alston. um Tiny little studio apartment, And ah i remember like taking a nap one at one point in like the, like, it felt like it was early evening or something. Cause I just remember it being like dark outside through the windows.
00:24:32
Speaker
And I woke up and you must've been napping or something. and i i get up and I see Stephanie Stephanie, I'm so sorry if this is like, you don't want to hear this. I know she listens. Hi. I love you. Thank you for listening.
00:24:52
Speaker
goodby but but go into the kitchen and Stephanie is washing my dishes. Wearing her giant headphones and just topless.
00:25:03
Speaker
She was topless?
00:25:08
Speaker
Oh my god. I mean, she was wearing a bra, but like... Oh, she was wearing a bra. Okay, well, that's a lot different. Yeah. yeah but topless okay i guess it must have been a little warm or something i don't know but like and i didn't have air conditioning in that apartment because what boston apartment has air conditioning let's be real uh and uh it was just your i was just like girl what the fuck are you doing it's like i'm doing your dishes obviously
00:25:40
Speaker
but she's like they just they needed to be washed i'm just doing your dishes I love it. I'm like, why? Oh my god.
00:25:51
Speaker
That was so fun. Yeah. And I love that we just had like a, I remember it must have been the night before graduation day where you, me, her, and my ex, now my then boyfriend, now ex, were all just hanging out.
00:26:13
Speaker
Where at? In my apartment. h I feel like we had like either ordered some food or we had some drinks or both. Yeah. And we were like chilling, chatting, listening to music.
00:26:29
Speaker
And my ex and you were like exchanging like music. Oh, like recommendations. I kind of remember that. Kind of.
00:26:39
Speaker
Yeah. yeah because like this was in the earliest days of my relationship like literally it was like we had been dating like three months by this point dude i thought it was less than that i was like i thought it was like like a week or some shit No, we started dating. We technically started dating in February of 2016. Okay. We didn't, we didn't like officially like, you know, make our relationship official until the beginning of March.
00:27:12
Speaker
So that's, that was like two months before graduation, but we were dating for like at least three weeks before that. Okay. Um, so yeah, almost three months we were together by that point.
00:27:25
Speaker
Um, yeah coup beans and it was yeah that was like the best one of the best times with him at that time yeah when shit's new yeah that's how it always goes yeah but also like you know a his mental health went downhill pretty rapidly mm-hmm you know in the second half of our relationship and so you know it's sort of i can't like necessarily i can i can lay the blame on the fact that he chose deliberately not to get help right but i can't lay the blame on him for being miserable you know yeah like just like i can't blame myself for being miserable right now yeah um
00:28:15
Speaker
So, you know, but it's, it was very much on him not to get any help. Yeah. So.
00:28:25
Speaker
I'm tired. ah I thought you were about to sneeze. You were making a face that was like... I'm trying not to yawn. You were making a face that almost looked like you were crinkling your nose, like you felt like a sneeze coming on.
00:28:39
Speaker
Dude, I had to change
Deodorant Dilemmas
00:28:40
Speaker
deodorants recently because...
00:28:44
Speaker
and subject change everybody um what a segue dude it wasn't working anymore like i could smell my pits halfway through the day just like oh no the frick is this crap yeah it was bad and then you know my husband pointed it out as well like that i'm that i'm smelly Or whatever. I'm glad. this is okay i This is unrelated but related at the same time. I've always been self-conscious of having BO.
00:29:17
Speaker
Not because I have BO, but because I don't want to have BO. And i haven't put deodorant on in a while.
00:29:29
Speaker
But I can't smell myself. Yeah. And then and i've I've been smelling things pretty strongly lately. as we have talked about previously and so I know I would be able to smell it if it was there so I'm grateful to like ask ask somebody else's opinion that you trust though Oh, all the time I ask Jim. Put up your armpit and be like, smell. put my feet in his face. I put my feet in his face and I'm like, do my feet stink? Oh my God.
00:29:57
Speaker
yes Not like I'm like laying on the ground and sticking my feet in the air. That's not what I'm doing. But where the way that we lay on the couch, my feet end up relatively close to his head. And so I'm frequently like, do my feet stink?
00:30:11
Speaker
Does he ever say yes? he's like... No. Okay, good. But I still cover them with a blanket half the time because I don't want to be rude.
00:30:22
Speaker
I just want to be conscious of people. yeah But i do I frequently am just like, do I smell bad? And he's like, no, you don't. Coof. So I yeah i used his deodorant one day.
00:30:40
Speaker
Your husband? Yes. Because I wanted to see if it would help. or be any different uh a Gillette like gel okay and the one that I was using that I have been using for forever is like secret solid and I think it's like the original like basic solid because it's yeah the one that I remember purchasing for you last summer did you i don't remember yeah when we it was the solstice weekend and you said you forgot deodorant and so I got you a stick and me a stick oh
00:31:13
Speaker
And the stick that I currently have in my bedroom is the same one that I purchased last year. Okay. But it's at the very, it's at the very, very end. But you, so you do actually use deodorant sometimes. I have used it. Yeah. you I just don't remember the last time I did, but I do, I don't remember when it was, but I do remember the last time I did the like little like pushy up thing, like fell out. Yeah. Yeah. The little center. So it's very close to, or it's basically at at the end of its row. Gotcha. Gotcha.
00:31:42
Speaker
Yeah. Anyway, continue. So I did use the Gillette gel and it has like, you know, it's a manly scent or whatever, but it wasn't bad and I i didn't mind it. And like, I felt like I didn't smell myself by the end of the day. That's good. I tried, like I decided to buy my own different type of deodorant and I got like Mitchum brand.
00:32:09
Speaker
um i don't know it. Hmm. And it's a gel as well. Because I've never used a gel before like that I can recall like maybe I did once many, many years ago or something. I always did when I was a teenager. That was like the default one that I would get was the gel like the secret gel.
00:32:29
Speaker
uh that's what i still usually get that's the last before the stick i had one of those gels and it fell off my shelf and the fucking like twisty thing at the bottom cracked and broke and so it was it when it was brand new oh and i couldn't twist it so i had to hold the throw the whole thing away and be honest it's fucking expensive yes it is ah but like the reason i bought the solid you know, basic secret solid for the longest time was because that was always the cheapest one.
00:33:00
Speaker
And like, I don't want to splurge on deodorant, you know, just hate that So dumb. Yeah. But anyway, I found this one. It was like a two pack and it wasn't like overly expensive. So I just thought I'd try it. and pretty pleased with it. I don't think I've smelled myself since I changed.
00:33:22
Speaker
That's good. Yeah. Congratulations. I know, right? um Hallelujah. Fuck. um This is episode 88,
Milestone Reflection & Listener Engagement
00:33:33
Speaker
you guys. If you're still listening by this point, you you know what you're here for.
00:33:39
Speaker
Oh, my God. Can you believe it? Episode 88. Whoa, dude. oh Oh, man. I can't believe. So, okay. Well, it's okay.
00:33:51
Speaker
Back up. I can believe because I made the same acknowledgement in episode 87, which we just posted this week, ah which I recorded with Tom.
00:34:06
Speaker
And you need to listen to it. I want to. ah I will. I think you will love it. Oh, I will. I will. I i will love it and I will listen to it. Yeah, I know. i it's It's such a bummer that it's like impossible for you to have time to listen to stuff now.
00:34:21
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. So any episode that you're not a part of, you haven't listened to, at least not recently. I started to listen to the one with Jim and I only got like a few minutes in Which one? Because there was the one at the beginning of the year and the one know that we did a couple weeks ago. the i think it was the more recent of the the games. Yes.
00:34:44
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I started to listen to it and i don I didn't get very far, but I promise you I will. I know. I believe you Because I do. i am very, very interested in, you know, what y'all talk about and stuff.
00:35:02
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So. you Yeah. Well, with Jim, it was... Silly games. Silly games with Jen.
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But with Tom, it was a very just beautiful conversation. Nice. If you're listening to this now and you have not listened to episode 87 on loving people is what it's called. ah Go listen
Astrology & Capricorn Traits
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to it.
00:35:33
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It was a beautiful conversation. yeah with mom And, you know, fun to talk about. We talked about his astrall as astrological placements. And the see we talked a little bit about you. Oh, no way. Yeah, fucking yeah, we did.
00:35:55
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But Because you're my mother. And you're the other host of this podcast. ah Y'all. ah How does he feel about his astrology? Does he like feel like it fits? yeah No. Because he's so like contrarian. I don't know. He's mostly just convinced that he's not a Capricorn.
00:36:22
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Actually. huh And I'm like, but that's how every Capricorn feels. you That in and of itself makes you a Capricorn. But also, we are all You know, conglomeration of many different placements and the relationships between the placements. That's right. And so Capricorn does not sum up the entirety of your personality, my fear. My my fear. My dear friend. might My feared end.
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My feared end My feared end.
00:36:58
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Oh my god. um Yeah, so i just sort of... I mean, i like astrologically doxed him for anybody who actually like knows astrology because I read off his entire chart. But that's not a whole lot of people and nobody's going to harm him with that information. um I just had a funny memory up because like when you when you said
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ah what'd you call it? When he messed up the friends, dear friend, i feared, feared ends. fear dead fear dead It reminded me of a best friend's um little necklace that has the hearts, the hearts that, you know, have like a, ja like a jagged line between them, but you feel fit them together like puzzle piece and it says best friends on it and you split it. And so you, you have one half of the heart and your friend has the other half.
00:38:03
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yeah So like I had the one that was B fry and she had the one that was students
00:38:13
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B fry. yeah Oh my God. I love that. Oh, funny. So good. I love that.
00:38:25
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My feared end. You know what else it reminds me of? And I'm not, I can't remember if I've ever given context for this, so I apologize, but also I'm not going to be explaining it to the listeners. If I've, if you don't understand it, you're shit out of luck. But Christina, you'll remember this one because I told you about it and I said, it's the thing that whenever I like think about it, it makes me giggle. but Land of the damned.
Mad Libs Session
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Oh my God. Yeah. this So silly.
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So silly. Anyway. I love Bee fry.
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feared end.
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and We're so stupid.
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On that note, do you want to do a Mad Lib? Oh my god! Okay. Please say yes. Okay.
00:39:35
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Sure thing. Let's do it. Oh no, it's singing to me. What? Go away. Sorry, I just have to turn off the fucking Bluetooth in my headphones. I don't want audio.
00:39:50
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Here we go. mad got with the go away. Go away. Sorry. I'm not freaking out, I promise. Alright.
00:40:01
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Alright. it I'm going give you three choices. Okay.
00:40:09
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Family rock band. Computers are cool. Or letter of recommendation. i have to do family rock band. Okay.
00:40:21
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Don't you agree? it i do agree. All right. First up, we need an adjective. okay tell me what an adjective is again suck i suck you know english was my best subject in school don't believe it's the truth i don't believe it was well i mean that it it was actually uh composition in in college was my best subject i especially don't believe that it's true um i'm not even lying i i can write really well i mean it was my right better than i do so and yet you just needed me to describe or explain what an adjective because i don't use those kind of words in my everyday life so i forget what each descriptor descriptor words smelly
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Oh my god. Like you. Smelly feet. We need a last name. A last name? Yes.
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Smitherton. what the fuck?
00:41:32
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I'll take it. But I'll question it. We need another adjective. Do you need me to explain it again? Okay, good. Bouncy. Bouncy. Bouncy.
00:41:44
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we need a no ah tooth enamel tooth enamel we need an adjective and that's a descriptor one right you better be fucking joking ADHD is a motherfucker let me tell you I swear to fucking god oh my god ah
00:42:17
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Slimy. Slimy. I almost wrote smiley, which is the opposite. Slimy. Plural noun.
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Plural noun. Earlobes. Earlobes.
00:42:36
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A regular noun. A regular noun. Grass. Grass. Adjective.
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delicious delicious plural noun um lamp posts lamp posts a regular noun a regular noun um um car car Adjective.
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oh
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Bright. Bright. Plural noun. Plural noun.
00:43:30
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Toothbrushes. Toothbrushes. Adjective.
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Dusty. Dusty. Oops, that's what I said. Dust-t. I put a t instead of a y. So, i will two ts i know what Yeah, dust.
00:44:02
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Alrighty then. But I'll know what it is when I get to it. Another adjective, please. Another one Yeah, believe it or not, it's one of the most common...
00:44:14
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necessity words peely what the fuck peely p-e-e-l-y hate it I don't think it's a real word and I hate it but I'd put it anyway I need noun please a noun
00:44:34
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desk desk did you say disk or desk Desk. Okay. Adverb. Oh, I don't remember what that is.
00:44:47
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It's a descriptor with L-Y at the end.
00:44:52
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Oh, stupidly. Or, uh, or, or a verb or, or like a yeah, stupidly works. Okay. Is it a verb? Is it her adverb?
00:45:05
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Is it a verb with L-Y? Okay.
00:45:08
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i don't know Is it like a where it turns a verb into a descriptor? i don't know. this stupidly works. Stupidly. A letter of the alphabet. A letter of the alphabet. F. F. Noun.
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Noun. And this is our last word, I believe. Oh my god. Dirt.
00:45:37
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Dirt. dirt here we go family rock band i don't come from your average smelly family that's because we're all part of the smitherton family rock band and we lead a very bouncy life For example, by not sheathing his tooth enamel every morning, my dad saves enough time to practice the slimy drums.
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My brother doesn't participate in extracurricular earlobes at school because he plays the electric grass. Okay. My delicious sister doesn't have time to date lamp posts because she sings lead vocals and practices four or five hours every car. Okay.
00:46:38
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Okay. When I'm not writing our bright songs, I'm tickling the toothbrushes on the keyboard. Okay. So I don't have any free time either.
00:46:52
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Finally, mom is our dusty manager. She books our band to play at weddings, Peely Sixteens, and Desk Mitzvahs. Maybe someday, if we practice enough,
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We'll get to make a music video for FTV and play sold out shows at Madison Square Dirt.
00:47:19
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FTV works though, because that's like family TV. Okay. I don't know. That was good. Do you want to do another one? ah If you really want to.
00:47:30
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I'm so terrible. i I'm not like I don't know I'm not good at coming up with words on on the fly like that so alright well let me let me chime in because I don't know what the story is ahead of time so let's do letter of recommendation next relative assume that means like family member title are you asking me?
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ah Sure, if you have if you want to think of one Great aunt. That's what I was thinking too. No, shut up. For real? I'm not kidding. Wow. I'm literally not kidding. That's insane. person Person in room mail and we don't have any of that, but we do have my dear friend Robert Baum. the uh the plush in the in the chair behind me okay and what what is that it's a character from nintendo from mario it's uh bob bomb is the character's name is bob okay like b-a bomb but i have called him
00:48:43
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Bob Baum. And then I just extended that to Robert Baum. Okay. So, Robert Baum. Okay.
00:48:56
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a Noun. Fart. Fart.
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Adjective. Have you forgotten in the last few minutes? Hairy. Hairy. harry he A school.
00:49:16
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A school? Yeah. I don't know what it means by that. Like elementary school? let's but No, let's put my school, Berkeley. Okay. If which if I can spell it.
00:49:31
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Okay, there we go. Verb ending in I-N-G. Sucking. Okay, go ahead
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ahead. Plural noun. Plural noun. Plural noun. Plural noun.
00:49:47
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Bumper stickers. Bumper stickers. Type of game. Type of game. Pinball machine.
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Just pinball. Because that's the game. Whatever. machine Whatever. Okay. Adjective. Moist. hashtag virgo okay adjective moist Moist.
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Plural down. Clothes hangers. Clothes hangers. That's dark. What?
00:50:28
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I said that's dark and then you said nothing. So I'm not sure if you heard me or you didn't get it. No, I did. i mean, i okay I don't know if I got it, but I heard you. Are you thinking of mommy dearest?
00:50:41
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I'm thinking of abortion. Ew! What the hell? Nasty. nasty. a horrible, fucking bitch. Okay. Same noun singular. Coat hanger.
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Or clothes hanger. Do you know why I said mommy dearest? Yes. Okay. I've seen it, I think. Okay. Maybe? I don't remember.
00:51:07
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ah Adjective. oh and saucy who love that adjective again um hard what did you say oh i like hard i like hard better you said poopy said booby booby okay yeah i thought booby was a noun uh it can be but it um it can also be an adjective okay animal please humble
00:51:38
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oh la la la la la Cheetah. Cheetah. Another animal. Holy shit. Another animal. Y'all. ah
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Uh. Groundhog. Groundhog. i almost wrote groundhog.
00:52:04
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Which has wonderful implications. Uh. Noun.
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paper
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Adjective.
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Burnt. Burnt. Noun, please.
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Cement. Cement.
00:52:32
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Adjective, please.
00:52:38
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Rainy? earth No? Rainy? I mean, no it could work. You want me to do something different? I don't know. You pick.
00:52:50
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Steamy. Okay.
00:52:53
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re Noun. Noun. And I think this is our last one. Okay.
00:53:02
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Rooftop. Rooftop. Next. Here we Letter of recommendation. Okay. Dear director, I would like to recommend my great aunt, Robert Baum, for the job of assistant fart in your hairy camp.
00:53:26
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He has just graduated from Berkeley. What the fuck? We're coming full circle. He has just graduated from Berkeley and has a degree in fucking. That's great.
00:53:42
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but He has had experience teaching bumper stickers how to play pinball.
00:53:50
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He is ambitious and moist.
00:53:56
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During school vacations, he used to work delivering for clothes hangers, our neighborhood clothes hanger store. my goodness. He is a loyal and saucy person and will make a very hard counselor because he will work like a cheetah and he is as smart as a groundhog.
00:54:25
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He is also as honest as the paper is long.
00:54:31
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Alrighty. I promise you that this burnt cement will make a very steamy counselor for your rooftop. Silly.
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He has a degree in sucking.
00:54:50
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Oh my god. I love it. I love Libs. but I don't know if anybody that listens to us would remember this because it's my age, but when I was younger, there used to be these things called Mad Magazine.
00:55:12
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i think I've heard of that. Yeah. And I'm pretty sure they used to have Mad Libs in them. I'm pretty sure. And they were pretty funny. Yeah. Mad Libs really just are an absolute gift to humanity, in my opinion.
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oh Truly.
Conclusion & Listener Feedback
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we yeah i think that's our show. I think so. I'm tired. I'm ready for a nap. too for the next eight hours
00:55:45
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for real for real um but yeah thank y'all for coming along on this ride yeah this very strange very interesting silly goofy ride don't be afraid to write in and tell us if we suck We'll tell you you're wrong, but you can tell us anyway, if that's what you think.
00:56:10
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If that's how you feel.
00:56:15
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00:56:28
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For real, for real. And we'll talk about them. e e All right. Hope everyone has a beautiful day or night or week backdoor. about all of the things?
00:56:43
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All of the things. Have a beautiful pickle. and How's that for a pickle? For a send off. Oh my God. Suck it, already. Shit.
00:56:56
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oh my of that picture god want
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Can you hear this?
00:57:43
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You can't hear that? Yes. You can? Yes, I can. I'm sorry. I'll stop now. Jesus Christ. you ever just get where your pits are itchy? Yeah.